Prior to the protective tariff, why did many americans prefer to purchase british goods instead of american goods? a) the british goods were cheaper. b) the british goods were of better quality. c) the supply of american goods was limited. d) american goods were cheaper.

that would be C.back then we had limited stuff! we faced poverty.

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